Did you damage your whole computer by executing that command in CMD?
Did you damage your whole computer by executing that command in CMD?
I was attempting to start my PC without using CMS, so I tried enabling secure boot to run a game that needs it. I found these instructions and attempted them:
https://imgur.com/z2Ibj6b
The only change I made was swapping "Assigned letter" with "C", which seems to be the main problem.
Now I’m unable to boot into Windows at all. In the BIOS, the boot options are blank as if the motherboard doesn’t recognize any drives:
https://imgur.com/x5Pqc1t
Yet they appear in Storage Information:
https://imgur.com/ucuLJqk
I reset the BIOS to default settings but it didn’t help. I even reinstalled Windows, but the installer can’t detect any drives:
https://imgur.com/S5tAnXe
I’m running out of options except possibly updating the MOBO, since the CMD command might have damaged the hardware. Please let me know if you can assist!
You managed to get all your disks in RAID, which is why the Windows install didn't recognize any drives. You should have checked your motherboard website for RAID or SATA drivers and uncompressed them onto a USB drive—even one that matches the Windows installation. Then you need to load the driver icon and point it at the decompressed folder.
I encountered some issues loading the drivers, unsure if they were successfully installed. But I found another solution—disabling the VMD controller in the BIOS. After doing that, Windows started normally, recognized all drives, and no data was lost.
Do you know if this change has any hidden effects? I’m not familiar with the technical details of disabling the VMD controller. Is this a temporary workaround rather than a reliable fix? Either way, I’m relieved I can boot now!
If there are any mods, I think it’s possible to make this work.
If the disks appear correctly when VMD is disabled but disappear when it's enabled, you likely activated VMD by accident, causing the loss of all drives. VMD manages volume management and raid operations, so your disks functioned properly without it.